| Title | The book of famous flyers / edited by J.A. Mollison.
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| Edition | Revised edition. |
| Published | London : Collins' Clear-Type Press, [1938]
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| General Note | "Stop press" slip tipped in.
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| Formatted Note | Incomplete Contents: The pioneer airmen -- Real masters of the air -- Airmen aces of the great war -- The first transatlantic flyers -- Long distance flyers -- Sir Alan Cobham and his flights -- Atlantic airmen who failed -- Lindbergh: lone flyer -- The woman Lindbergh -- More Atlantic flyers -- Round the world flyers -- Kingsford Smith -- The amazing Mollisons --Dr. Eckener and his airships -- Some famous women flyers -- The Schneider men -- Flyers we mustn'ť forget -- Nobile and other polar flyers -The Everest flyers -- The daring of Professor Piccard -- Cierva and his auto-giros -- Brains behind the flying boats -- Pioneers who made the world'^Dks airways -- Modern gliding and bird men.
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| Subjects | Aeronautics -- Biography.
Aeronautics -- History.
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| Other Authors | Mollison, James Allan, 1905-1959.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: TL 515 B724 1938
CA-1904416: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 96830] |
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